8 Blocks Capital

Founded in 2017, 8 Blocks Capital is a proprietary trading firm that focuses on the digital asset market. The company develops and deploys market-neutral trading strategies, such as market making and statistical arbitrage, across a wide range of centralized and decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges. Their primary mission is to provide liquidity and enhance price efficiency in the crypto markets. The firm gained widespread media attention in November 2022 during the collapse of the FTX exchange, as its co-founder publicly disclosed that the firm had significant funds trapped on the platform.